The Edo State Investment Promotion Office (ESIPO) has identified oil palm, poultry processing, retail and energy as the most active sectors that have attracted local and foreign investments into the state in the last two years. Kelvin Uwaibi, managing director, Edo State Investment Promotion Office (ESIPO)-Ease of Doing Business secretariat, disclosed this to journalists in […]

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Beyond its mission and vision in empowering people and providing relief from poverty through the provision of loans to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME), the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), one of the leading microfinance banking institution in Africa, is blazing the trail in the fight against poor healthcare delivery services, providing quality diagnostic services […]

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The Edo State government has warned residents against the sale and usage of Norvasc 5mg tablets produced by United States-based drug developer, Viatris Inc. Obehi Akoria, Edo State commissioner for health, in a statement, said the warnings followed the alert by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) after iron wire […]

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A fire outbreak has destroyed some documents and properties at one of the hostels of Ekehuan campus of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), reports are saying. Read also: LCCI warns of unintended consequences as election row persists The incident, It was gathered, started at midday on Tuesday but the cause was yet to be ascertained as […]

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John Osagie Inegbedion is the chairman of Edo State Internal Revenue Services (EIRS). Inegbedion, in this interview, spoke with Churchill Okoro on the state’s performance in the first quarter of 2023, projected annual revenue, ongoing tax reforms, and impacts of the proposed subsidy removal among other issues. Excerpts: What has been the performance of Edo […]

read more We are confident on sustaining Edo’s IGR growth, tax reforms – IRS chair